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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Park County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 1.4 × 0.8 cm
Weight: 
3.20gr
Description

A single rhombohedral rhodochrosite with a very lovely color

The specified weight includes the acrylic glass base, the dimensions refer to the mineral alone.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodochrosite

Formula: 
MnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania